A Historical View of the San Antonio Missions

Introduction & Mission Defined
Plano de la Villa y Presidio de San Antonio de Vejar situando en la Provincia de Tejas, Joseph de Urrutia. Library has two copies. Shows location of the Garrison, captain's quarters, guards, plaza, governor's house, church and Mission San Jose. Shows... View Full Record
Mission San Antonio de Valero
Alamo, front facade and side building. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
An oblique view of the front and right facades of the San Jose Mission and grounds. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission San Jose Granary
The granary and tower of Mission San Jose. Black and white.... View Full Record
San Jose Features
Mission San Jose facade. Color.... View Full Record
Sculpture & Stone Work
A sculpture of Saint Anne and Child Mary, surrounding the doorway at the San Jose Mission. Black and white.... View Full Record
The Rose Window
The partial right facade of the San Jose Mission. A wagon with two people passes in front of the rose window. Black and white.... View Full Record
Aerial Views
Copy print of an aerial view of Mission San Jose's granary (far left), church and cloister (center) and u-shaped Franciscan friary (far right). Black and white.... View Full Record
Indigenous Dwellings & Crafts
San Jose Mission, exterior, after 1937 restoration, aerial view, black and white.... View Full Record
Convento
San Jose Mission convento and tower, facing northwest from the second story. Note the Convento portion is incomplete behind the man in top hat posed looking out. Black and white.... View Full Record
Grist Mill
San Jose Mission Mill, grist mill, black and white.... View Full Record
The Mission Collapses
An oblique view of the front and right facades of the San Jose Mission. Two men stand outside a wooden post fence. Some of the grass is overgrown. Black and white.... View Full Record
Restoration
San Jose Mission. Hand written note reads, " Front of San Jose". Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission San Juan de Capstrano
The painting by H. Lungkwitz titled "Mission San Juan de Capistrano." Black and white.... View Full Record
Layout
San Juan Capistrano, 9101 Graf St., color.... View Full Record
San Juan Church
San Juan Capistrano, 9101 Graf St., black and white.... View Full Record
San Juan's Secularization
San Juan Capistrano, 9101 Graf St., black and white.... View Full Record
San Juan's Restoration
Mission San Juan after restoration. Color.... View Full Record
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
An oblique view of the left and front facades of the Mission Espada. A well is in the foreground. Black and white.... View Full Record
Espada's Fortifications
This structure is likely the base of a defensive tower, or bastion, built into the south perimeter wall at Mission Espada. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission Espada Chapel
Photograph of an oblique view of the east (front) and south facades of the church at Mission Espada. Father Francis Bouchu's residence, reconstructed from the main part of the old mission convento, stands to the left of the church. A well is centered... View Full Record
Lands around the Mission
Espada Mission, 10040 Espada Road, c. 1935. Black and white.... View Full Record
Father Buchou Rebuilds Espada
One half of a stereograph view showing the ruinous front and right facades of the Mission Espada. Many people are gathered around it. Black and white.... View Full Record
Espada's Door
A close-up view of the front facade of the Mission Espada. Black and white.... View Full Record
The Wooden Cross at Espada
Photograph of a close-up oblique view of the east (front) and north facades of the church at Mission Espada. The north wall of Father Francis Bouchu's residence, reconstructed from the main part of the old mission convento, is visible to the left of... View Full Record
Mission Espada School
Black & white . Mission San Francisco de la Espada. Fourth mission. Exterior, front , with school bus and children.... View Full Record
Espada Dam
Espada Dam. Color.... View Full Record
Espada Aqueduct
The Mission Espada Aqueduct over Piedras Creek. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña
Copy print of a painting by Herman Lungkwitz of Mission Concepcion, showing the front (west) facade of the church and the ruins of the adjacent cloister. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission Concepcion History
A photograph of an oblique view of the front and right facades of the Mission Concepcion and connected buildings. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission Layout
Concepcion Mission. Exterior. Aerial view, including the neighborhood . Black & white.... View Full Record
Mission Concepcion's Architectural Details
Photograph showing the west (front) facade of Mission Concepcion church. The walls of the L-shaped convento stand in the foreground on the right. A fence made from tree branches surrounds the buildings. Black and white.... View Full Record
Mission Concepcion's Church
Concepcion Mission.Exterior, front facade. Black & white.... View Full Record
Chapel
The interior of the Chapel of Mission Concepcion. A friar stands next to one row of pews. Black and white.... View Full Record
Moorish Arch
Black & white . Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion. Fourth mission. Interior stone stairway. Black & white.... View Full Record
Murals
A hallway surrounding the Mission Concepcion Cloister. A friar is seen leaning against an archway in the center. Black and white.... View Full Record
Baptismal Chapel
The interior of the Baptismal Chapel of Mission Concepcion taken through an archway. A friar stands in the background next to the baptismal font. Black and white.... View Full Record
Courtyard
The open area behind the east wall of the living room and library building (left) and the south facade of the church (center) at Mission Concepcion. A Franciscan friar walks across the area. Black and white.... View Full Record
Our World Heritage
Archbishop Flores addresses crowd on occasion of the Feb. 20, 1983, signing of the Missions National Park Cooperative Agreement... View Full Record